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Last week, when I posted one of my columns on Facebook, one of the replies came from Tyler Lazarek, my son’s good friend, roommate and hockey teammate at the University

T his feel-good phrase bombards us repeatedly from all forms of the media. It’s intended to soothe the angst of the omnipresent quarantine circumstances. While presented in statement form, many

Many years ago, a dear friend shared an observation that I’ve yet to shake. She was an author, intellectual, teacher, opera singer, mother and observer of life. We were chatting

This week is National Economic Development week and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. As we look ahead to reopening the economy, economic development is going to be more important

Uncle Earl always accuses me of wearing a “tinfoil hat” whenever I begin to connect a few dots and make some predictions on what the true state of affairs may

“Social democracy is a government that uses democratic process… committed to acting for the common good… where the government plays an active role in regulating certain political and economic conditions…

I usually try to walk at least 5 miles a day as my form of daily exercise. My usual path takes me through a winding trail of paseos, allowing me

As America begins to open back up again, the debate will continue to rage about the timing of such a fateful decision. Where does one find the balance between the

I was talking to my 18-year-old daughter the other day and we, like many, found the conversation turning toward COVID-19.  The one up side of quarantine is I get to

I t was said that Josef Stalin once plucked a live chicken in front of his followers. Granted, the story may be a fable, but one can easily envision the

Some of the recent events that have taken place in the race to represent California’s 25th Congressional District couldn’t be more fitting in terms of highlighting the cavernous difference between

A dear and wise friend once suggested that God doesn’t exist in the past or the future, only in that divine Everymoment of the Now. Still. I do wonder. Does

Getting a bachelor of chemical engineering and master’s in business degrees helped me in my life and career. However, some of the most important lessons I learned were from my

For those who may have forgotten, lifelong politician Joe Biden appears to be the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party to run against President Donald Trump this year. Only compared

Today, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors will consider two motions initiating planning both to safely reopen businesses and the broader economy, and to quickly establish prerequisites and protocols for

Many, like myself, had hoped that our president would undergo a maturity transformation once holding our highest office in the land. But Donald Trump’s insults and slanders, lashing out at

By David Hegg  OK, truthfully, I’ve never been home-schooled in the technical sense. But, if your “safer at home” experience has been anything like mine, you’ve learned quite a bit

In the 1938 swashbuckling flick, Errol Flynn played the title role of “Robin Hood.” Part of it was shot out here in Placerita Canyon. Sitting before his enemies, Robin of

Over the past year, I intended to write a column about the uncomfortable levels of outstanding debt. In good times this is downplayed, but when the economy weakens, excessive debt